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California Heat
Season 8
Episode 5
Unseasonal heat waves, persistent drought, devastating wildfires up and down the state, and water shortages. It's not an apocalyptic vision of the future. All of these things are current events. While science has yet to establish a particular link between these events and climate change, scientists say these events provide a glimpse of California's future as the climate warms.
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